Blah blah blah... start working, quit bitching (Score 1)

If you're at work, you're supposed to be working, that's why you're being paid to be there. Most companies do allow you to access hotmail, etc as long as it's not affecting your productivity, but they don't have to and as long as you are doing it with their equipment while they are paying you, it is their business. Actually, most of you probably signed contracts stating that any information you put through the network at your place of employment may be monitored, read, deleted, and so on.